More than
just a
team
Friends . . . people whom one
knows, likes, and trusts,
Teammates . . . fellow members of
a team. For the girls cross
country team, friends and team-
mates were one and the same.
Starting practice at the
beginning of summer, the girls
congregated in their own cliques,
not yet acquainted with all of
the team members. Yet as
summer wound down and tension
eased, the team became one set
of friends training together.
"I didn't know all the girls on
the team in the beginning, but
now they are my best friends,"
said junior Terry Tito.
As the girl's cross country
team practiced, one could hear
someone yelling, "Come on, Sticky
and Bambi... get up there with
Horse." The girls came up with
nicknames for all members of the
team. Captain Beth Farmer
yelled, "Come on Buzzy, Mamma,
Farta, Ling, and Mooshoo . . .
speed it up!" At the same time
co-captain Melody Mason could
be heard yelling "Get going
Crank, Louie, Pre, and Ding ...
you can do it!" This en-
couragement for one another
continued throughout the year as
friendships and team unity grew.
Beth described the 1980
Girl's Cross Country team as,
". .. one of the closest teams I
have ever been on. That is, for
a team which wasn't acquainted
in the beginning of the season."
By HOLLY ROUB
GIRL'S CROSS COUNTRY TEAM. (FRONT ROW]
Fontayne Potkoson, Melody Mason (co-cap-
tain), Beth Farmer (captain), Holly Roub
(co-captain), Joy Crosmer, Daisy Nelsson.
(BACK ROW) Mary Lou Baldwin, Cathy Crank,
Kelli McGlennen, Terry Tito, Susan Cushing,
Carmen Alcoz, Asst. coach Janie Hancock,
Coach Don Prokes. ?
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Pain shows in the face of Marta Alcoz
while running toward the finish line dur-
ing the Countryside meet. ?
Staying ahead during the Countryside
meet, Melody Mason keeps up the
swift pace. T
74 / Girl's X-Country
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